Tesla Cars Make It Onto a Chinese Province’s Procurement List

Tesla Inc.’s locally built cars in China have made it onto a provincial government’s procurement list, meaning that Communist Party workers can buy them for official use for the first time.

The basic variant of Tesla’s Model Y sport utility crossover was included in the vehicle procurement catalog of Jiangsu province in eastern China, according to a government statement Thursday. Jiangsu is one of China’s biggest provinces in terms of gross domestic product and home to many of Tesla’s local suppliers.